During our block period on Thursday September 2nd we discussed a very controversial subject having to do with the fact that Texas is wanting to change the content of their history books used throughout their classrooms. The officials of Texas education are trying to rewrite the content of the history books in a way that will showcase and focus on more white conservative movements which is what they think is most important. By doing this they will be forced to focus less on the minority movements that have been made throughout history. I believe that every part of history is just as important as the next. Our history is what makes us who we are today and without many of the minority movements that were made in the past we wouldn't be the same nation we are now. Having said that, I also believe that students should have the right to learn about every historical figure who changed history and made an impact on the world, no matter what color their skin or what language they spoke.
I really enjoyed some of the comments that were made while I was observing this discussion. It was reassuring to know that many people agreed with how i felt about the changing of the history books. I think that this subject was really interesting and appealing to us as students because this is something we have in our lives every day. Changing text books and the material that students learn would strongly affect us being high school students. I know that as a student I want to learn about everything and everyone that made a difference in the past. After listening to the discussion and listening to my peers express themselves about this subject I can conclude that many students strongly feel that this change really isn't fair and defiantly isn't necessary.
No comments:
Post a Comment